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Trump Starts Carving Up the World. Now It’s Putin and Xi’s Turn. newrepublic.com/article/2048... via @newrepublic.com Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro was an unpopular kleptocratic dictator, and this article is not a defense of him; but it is a warning of what this invasion means, of what will come.
Trump Has Started Carving Up the World. Now It’s Putin and Xi’s Turn.
Fiona Hill warned in 2019 of a “strange swap agreement” involving Venezuela and Ukraine. Seven years later, here we are.
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January 4, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Trump Starts Carving Up the World. Now It’s Putin and Xi’s Turn. newrepublic.com/article/2048... via @newrepublic.com Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro was an unpopular kleptocratic dictator, and this article is not a defense of him; but it is a warning of what this invasion means, of what will come.
Why Canadian oil is so important to the United States canadianenergycentre.ca/explainer-wh... 4.6 million barrels per day of Canadian oil imported into the U.S. enables the sale of 4.1 million barrels of U.S. oil to global markets. Canada supplies 62% of American oil imports.
Explained: Why Canadian oil is so important to the United States
Complementary production in Canada and the U.S. boosts energy security
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January 4, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Why Canadian oil is so important to the United States canadianenergycentre.ca/explainer-wh... 4.6 million barrels per day of Canadian oil imported into the U.S. enables the sale of 4.1 million barrels of U.S. oil to global markets. Canada supplies 62% of American oil imports.
nytimes.com/2025/06/15/us/minnesota-shootings-suspect-targets.html?smid=url-share Hundreds of pages in Vance Boelter's writing are filled with plans, lists of names, surveillance efforts, “the home addresses and family members’ relationships with targeted elected officials” who were all Democrats.
Suspect in Minnesota Killings Had Named Dozens of Potential Targets
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January 4, 2026 at 7:31 PM
nytimes.com/2025/06/15/us/minnesota-shootings-suspect-targets.html?smid=url-share Hundreds of pages in Vance Boelter's writing are filled with plans, lists of names, surveillance efforts, “the home addresses and family members’ relationships with targeted elected officials” who were all Democrats.
nytimes.com/live/2025/06/16/us/minnesota-shootings?unlocked_article_code=1.B1A.VCvG.67EcGCJrrLDE&smid=url-share Vance Boelter killed Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman. His written papers target dozens in many states - politicians, civic leaders, abortion rights advocates, Planned Parenthood centers
Suspect Planned to ‘Inflict Fear’ With Wider Killing Spree, Prosecutors Say
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January 4, 2026 at 7:30 PM
nytimes.com/live/2025/06/16/us/minnesota-shootings?unlocked_article_code=1.B1A.VCvG.67EcGCJrrLDE&smid=url-share Vance Boelter killed Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman. His written papers target dozens in many states - politicians, civic leaders, abortion rights advocates, Planned Parenthood centers
Was Someone Insider Trading Right Before Trump’s Attack on Venezuela? newrepublic.com/post/204885/... @newrepublic.com An account opened Dec 27 placed two wagers. Betting $35,000 that Trump would bomb Venezuela and Maduro be deposed, when the predictability was only 6%, the account made $400,000.
Was Someone Insider Trading Right Before Trump’s Attack on Venezuela?
A new account on Polymarket was very lucky with some perfectly timed Venezuela bets.
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January 4, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Was Someone Insider Trading Right Before Trump’s Attack on Venezuela? newrepublic.com/post/204885/... @newrepublic.com An account opened Dec 27 placed two wagers. Betting $35,000 that Trump would bomb Venezuela and Maduro be deposed, when the predictability was only 6%, the account made $400,000.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a... Trump rattled relations with a threat to retake the Panama Canal, 25 yrs after the US transferred control to Panama. Trump capital didn't build Trump Ocean Club, Pamana, but he sold his name for branding, hired companies to manage the casino, hotel, condos.
Canal threats and a hotel battle: Trump’s long, weird history with Panama
Major Trump project in Panama City brought lawsuits, shoving matches and money-laundering allegations before Trump lost it in hostile takeover
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January 3, 2026 at 9:41 PM
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a... Trump rattled relations with a threat to retake the Panama Canal, 25 yrs after the US transferred control to Panama. Trump capital didn't build Trump Ocean Club, Pamana, but he sold his name for branding, hired companies to manage the casino, hotel, condos.
www.propublica.org/article/the-... According to Forbes, 25 people saw their worth rise a collective $401 billion from 2014 to 2018. They paid a total of $13.6 billion in federal income taxes in those five years, the IRS data shows. That’s a staggering sum, but its a true tax rate of only 3.4%.
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev...
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January 3, 2026 at 8:24 PM
www.propublica.org/article/the-... According to Forbes, 25 people saw their worth rise a collective $401 billion from 2014 to 2018. They paid a total of $13.6 billion in federal income taxes in those five years, the IRS data shows. That’s a staggering sum, but its a true tax rate of only 3.4%.
ProPublica Report Reveals How Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Icahn, and Other Billionaires Legally Avoid Taxes www.snopes.com/articles/347... The nation's wealthiest people pay negligible taxes, leaving modest earners footing the heftiest tax bills for infrastructure that benefits billionaires a lot.
ProPublica Report Reveals How Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Other Billionaires Legally Avoid Taxes
It's called "income tax" for a reason.
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January 3, 2026 at 8:20 PM
ProPublica Report Reveals How Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Icahn, and Other Billionaires Legally Avoid Taxes www.snopes.com/articles/347... The nation's wealthiest people pay negligible taxes, leaving modest earners footing the heftiest tax bills for infrastructure that benefits billionaires a lot.
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Jefferson bought this while a young man studying law. He may have wanted to understand Islam’s influence on the world’s legal systems. (20% of persons brought as slaves to America were Muslims)
Jefferson bought this while a young man studying law. He may have wanted to understand Islam’s influence on the world’s legal systems. (20% of persons brought as slaves to America were Muslims)
Why Thomas Jefferson Owned a Qur’an
Islam in America dates to the founding fathers, says Smithsonian’s religion curator Peter Manseau
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January 2, 2026 at 10:23 PM
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Jefferson bought this while a young man studying law. He may have wanted to understand Islam’s influence on the world’s legal systems. (20% of persons brought as slaves to America were Muslims)
Jefferson bought this while a young man studying law. He may have wanted to understand Islam’s influence on the world’s legal systems. (20% of persons brought as slaves to America were Muslims)
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share.google/TIa4kLbp8UvOJu3O2 Thomas Jefferson owned a copy of the Qur'an, a second edition of a 1734 translation by George Sale, a two-volume set published in London in 1764. This set was sold to the Library of Congress in 1815, and rebound by the Library in 1918.
Qur'an owned by Thomas Jefferson
Find out why Jefferson owned a copy of the Koran in his library at Monticello.
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January 2, 2026 at 10:22 PM
share.google/TIa4kLbp8UvOJu3O2 Thomas Jefferson owned a copy of the Qur'an, a second edition of a 1734 translation by George Sale, a two-volume set published in London in 1764. This set was sold to the Library of Congress in 1815, and rebound by the Library in 1918.
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Tesla announced it delivered 418,227 cars in the fourth quarter of 2025, as the carmaker ceded the crown of the world’s biggest EV maker to Chinese rival BYD for the first time.
Tesla Deliveries Fell In Q4—Its Chinese Rival Was 2025’s Biggest EV Maker
Tesla announced it delivered 418,227 cars in the fourth quarter of 2025, as the carmaker ceded the crown of the world’s biggest EV maker to Chinese rival BYD for the first time.
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January 2, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Tesla announced it delivered 418,227 cars in the fourth quarter of 2025, as the carmaker ceded the crown of the world’s biggest EV maker to Chinese rival BYD for the first time.
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Trump Reveals Who’s Next on His Chopping Block newrepublic.com/post/204544/... via
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Trump promises to arrest Christopher Wray and Merrick Garland and anyone who investigated his illegal hoarding of hundreds of folders of national security data and top secret files at a public club.
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Trump promises to arrest Christopher Wray and Merrick Garland and anyone who investigated his illegal hoarding of hundreds of folders of national security data and top secret files at a public club.
Trump Reveals Who’s Next on His Chopping Block for Revenge
Donald Trump called for “many more” arrests.
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January 2, 2026 at 3:11 PM
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Trump promises to arrest Christopher Wray and Merrick Garland and anyone who investigated his illegal hoarding of hundreds of folders of national security data and top secret files at a public club.
@newrepublic.com
Trump promises to arrest Christopher Wray and Merrick Garland and anyone who investigated his illegal hoarding of hundreds of folders of national security data and top secret files at a public club.
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Hernández abused positions of authority in Honduras to facilitate the importation of over 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S. Hernández’s co-conspirators in the Military, National Police, and drug cartels were armed with machine guns, AK-47s, AR-15s, grenade launchers.
Hernández abused positions of authority in Honduras to facilitate the importation of over 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S. Hernández’s co-conspirators in the Military, National Police, and drug cartels were armed with machine guns, AK-47s, AR-15s, grenade launchers.
US President Joe Biden was inaugurated on January 20, 2021. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the prosecution and March 8, 2024 conviction of Hernandez, who was in office until weeks before his extradition to the United States in April 2022. Hernandez brother was convicted in 2019.
January 2, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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Hernández abused positions of authority in Honduras to facilitate the importation of over 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S. Hernández’s co-conspirators in the Military, National Police, and drug cartels were armed with machine guns, AK-47s, AR-15s, grenade launchers.
Hernández abused positions of authority in Honduras to facilitate the importation of over 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S. Hernández’s co-conspirators in the Military, National Police, and drug cartels were armed with machine guns, AK-47s, AR-15s, grenade launchers.
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www.justice.gov/archives/opa.... US DEA engaged in a multi-year investigation of Hernandez as politician and then President, Honduran Military and National Police, international crime groups in one of the largest and most violent drug-trafficking conspiracies in the world. Convicted. June 26, 2024
January 2, 2026 at 3:21 PM
www.justice.gov/archives/opa.... US DEA engaged in a multi-year investigation of Hernandez as politician and then President, Honduran Military and National Police, international crime groups in one of the largest and most violent drug-trafficking conspiracies in the world. Convicted. June 26, 2024
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... Murders fell to 1950s levels. Because the city’s population has grown, the rate per 100,000 is lower than the 50s ... factor in New York’s low auto accidents due to safer public transit — NYC has a lower rate of violent death than almost anywhere else in America.
Notes on New York
The Big Apple had a pretty good 2025, but …
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January 2, 2026 at 1:09 PM
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... Murders fell to 1950s levels. Because the city’s population has grown, the rate per 100,000 is lower than the 50s ... factor in New York’s low auto accidents due to safer public transit — NYC has a lower rate of violent death than almost anywhere else in America.
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Bettina Anderson's engagement shadowed by late father praising Epstein
The resurfacing of Bettina Anderson's late father's letter vouching for Jeffrey Epstein has cast a shadow over her engagement to Don Jr, which was announced yesterday.
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January 1, 2026 at 10:18 PM
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ICE has a new $100 Million media blitz for what it’s calling “wartime recruitment”, targeting conservative radio show listeners, gun rights aficionados, military affairs followers and men’s interests enthusiasts. “Want to deport illegals with your absolute boys?”
ICE has a new $100 Million media blitz for what it’s calling “wartime recruitment”, targeting conservative radio show listeners, gun rights aficionados, military affairs followers and men’s interests enthusiasts. “Want to deport illegals with your absolute boys?”
ICE plans $100m yearlong ‘wartime recruitment’ media blitz to attract new agents
Campaign will target rightwing ideologues to fill ranks to meet Trump deportation goals in 2026
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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ICE has a new $100 Million media blitz for what it’s calling “wartime recruitment”, targeting conservative radio show listeners, gun rights aficionados, military affairs followers and men’s interests enthusiasts. “Want to deport illegals with your absolute boys?”
ICE has a new $100 Million media blitz for what it’s calling “wartime recruitment”, targeting conservative radio show listeners, gun rights aficionados, military affairs followers and men’s interests enthusiasts. “Want to deport illegals with your absolute boys?”
The official voice of the US government is cruel, gross, and weird. What is that doing to us? www.motherjones.com/politics/202... “What they’re offering people is not health insurance or economic security. They’re offering them delight in the torture of others.” ICE and DHS use $200M to go low.
The official voice of the US government is cruel, gross, and weird. What is that doing to us?
Joking memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize.
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January 1, 2026 at 9:40 PM
The official voice of the US government is cruel, gross, and weird. What is that doing to us? www.motherjones.com/politics/202... “What they’re offering people is not health insurance or economic security. They’re offering them delight in the torture of others.” ICE and DHS use $200M to go low.
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In 2007, multibillionaire Jeff Bezos, once the world’s richest man, did not pay any federal income taxes. He achieved the feat again in 2011. In 2018, Tesla founder Elon Musk, the second-richest person in the world, also paid no federal income taxes.
In 2007, multibillionaire Jeff Bezos, once the world’s richest man, did not pay any federal income taxes. He achieved the feat again in 2011. In 2018, Tesla founder Elon Musk, the second-richest person in the world, also paid no federal income taxes.
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev...
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January 1, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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In 2007, multibillionaire Jeff Bezos, once the world’s richest man, did not pay any federal income taxes. He achieved the feat again in 2011. In 2018, Tesla founder Elon Musk, the second-richest person in the world, also paid no federal income taxes.
In 2007, multibillionaire Jeff Bezos, once the world’s richest man, did not pay any federal income taxes. He achieved the feat again in 2011. In 2018, Tesla founder Elon Musk, the second-richest person in the world, also paid no federal income taxes.
wapo.st/3MYnSW1 Shirley visited in the morning before the center opened. Typical hours are 12:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. to serve mostly Somali children after school while parents work afternoons and evenings. Undocumented immigrants pay $200M+ in Minnesota taxes annually (Institute on Taxation)
Day cares say they are unfairly punished over misleading Minnesota video
The Trump administration announced federal child care funding restrictions after a viral video by a conservative activist suggested Minneapolis day cares operated fraudulently.
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January 1, 2026 at 5:49 PM
wapo.st/3MYnSW1 Shirley visited in the morning before the center opened. Typical hours are 12:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. to serve mostly Somali children after school while parents work afternoons and evenings. Undocumented immigrants pay $200M+ in Minnesota taxes annually (Institute on Taxation)
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youtu.be/kt3uBxEpfa8 More than a month after the Nov. 3 election - and after the 3rd counting of over 5 million ballots cast by voters across the state - Georgia's Secretary of State re-certified the state's election results. Joe Biden was the winner of the Peach State.
Joe Biden confirmed winner in Georgia for third time: What's changed?
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January 1, 2026 at 12:29 AM
youtu.be/kt3uBxEpfa8 More than a month after the Nov. 3 election - and after the 3rd counting of over 5 million ballots cast by voters across the state - Georgia's Secretary of State re-certified the state's election results. Joe Biden was the winner of the Peach State.
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Full video of the House Judiciary Committee’s closed-door hearing with former Special Counsel Jack Smith, conducted on December 17, 2025, where he speaks candidly about Trump’s crimes and the cases he brought against him.
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🚨 FULL JACK SMITH VIDEO DEPOSITION ON TRUMP CRIMES
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December 31, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Full video of the House Judiciary Committee’s closed-door hearing with former Special Counsel Jack Smith, conducted on December 17, 2025, where he speaks candidly about Trump’s crimes and the cases he brought against him.
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"Sec.11 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, designated by the Act, shall be the sole national memorial for the late John Fitzgerald Kennedy within the city of Washington and its environs."
January 1, 2026 at 12:18 AM
"Sec.11 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, designated by the Act, shall be the sole national memorial for the late John Fitzgerald Kennedy within the city of Washington and its environs."
The KC board cannot rename the center. It is named in perpetuity The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in January 23, 1964 by a Bipartisan Public Law 88-260 passed by both houses and signed by President Johnson.
January 1, 2026 at 12:14 AM
The KC board cannot rename the center. It is named in perpetuity The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in January 23, 1964 by a Bipartisan Public Law 88-260 passed by both houses and signed by President Johnson.